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LG Innotek to build FC-BGA into 700 million USD business by 2030 with its state-of-the-art Dream Factory
LG unveiled the Dream Factory, a hub for the production of FC-BGAs (Flip Chip Ball Grid Arrays), the company's next-generation growth engine, to the media for the first time and announced it on the 30th April.
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